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That would come at a cost: Refined products can degrade and must be continually replaced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Recognizing that 9/11’s horrors compounded over the years does not degrade the memory of its initial victims.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

The environmental impact of traditional balloons, which despite their advertising do not degrade, is largely unknown to the general public.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Laboratory tests showed that enzymes from very distantly related animals, including a sponge, an earthworm and a springtail, could also degrade microbial PHAs.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

“A more conservative association was wanted. And now if we divide and Mrs. Stanton shall be deposed from the presidency you virtually degrade her.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

When a biopsy is taken, the genetic material in the tissue degrades within hours, unless it is protected.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Diet activates autophagy -- a cellular "clean-up" process that degrades and recycles damaged proteins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025

Ferrari also faces the risk of its EV losing value faster than its traditional models as the battery degrades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

Sickness spreads, often directly through viruses or indirectly by depleting family resources, putting stress on people that degrades their health.

From Salon ● May 27, 2025

Such anger disturbs our insight into everything; eyes suffused with it cannot see; and it weakens all good in the soul, and degrades it before its own conscience.

From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren

Nothing has degraded more for Latino men, however, than the simple pleasures of life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

They can be produced on already degraded land, or made from waste products such as used cooking oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

If some of these satellites get hacked, damaged, derailed, or destroyed, America’s ability to fight a war would be seriously degraded.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

There are a few fun visual gags about the degraded far-future — a hospital named St. God’s, the city’s digital clock tower being stuck on a blinking 12:00 — but its punchlines tend toward nasty.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Soon after the party returned to Chislehurst, however, Olmsted’s health degraded and insomnia again shattered his nights.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

“The experience was traumatizing, degrading and humiliating,” André said when the lawsuit was filed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

A ride on a people mover feels even more degrading in comparison to the alternative mode serving other travelers.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Critics of the sentence have described it as "inhumane and degrading".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Known as living plastics, these materials contain dormant microbes capable of degrading the surrounding polymer.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

“It was a clear sign that lenders had lost it, constantly degrading their own standards to grow loan volumes,” Burry said.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis